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For a business to be successful, it has to maintain a good relationship with its customers. It takes just one customer's bad experience for a business to earn a bad name and lose valuable customers and profits in the process. Effective and productive customer service is the key to keeping a business moving forward. Without a good customer base that keeps returning, a business is doomed. All major businesses and corporations today employ trained professionals to deal with customer relations and issues that may crop up regarding a product or a sale. A good customer service professional should be able to deal with a problem swiftly and effectively, ensuring that the customer is satisfied in the end and that the company is also satisfied. This can be a challenging job, especially when dealing with difficult or angry customers. However, a well-trained professional will be able to deal with situations like that effectively and find a steady career in the line of customer service. Programs aimed at teaching customer service cover all aspects from psychology to phone etiquette. These courses will teach students about defining customer service, communication, problem solving, building a department and understanding the various tools used in customer service. A customer service team must be able to work together as a single unit and deal with problems swiftly and efficiently. Students will also learn leadership and team building skills, customer relationship management, telephone skills and the psychology of customer service and human relations. Students will learn how to build effective customer service strategies, how to deal with difficult customers, how to interpret unspoken communication, effective meeting techniques and how to negotiate. An effective customer service professional can find immediate employment in a number of businesses and quickly climb the ranks to a managerial position.
Canadian Provinces with Career Colleges offering diplomas, programs or courses in Customer Service and Call Centre
 Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northwest Territories
Ontario
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